Achievement
Former Director of the Centre Democracy & Development
Responsible for the founding and management of the opposition radios – Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy International and Radio Kudirat
Plays a central role in the opposition’s diplomatic engagements in exile

Occupation
Politician

Public Offices held
Governor Of Ekiti State (15 October 2010 – 16 October 2014)

•1985- 1986 Tutor, Nigeria-Police Training College, Sokoto – Nigeria
•2005 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “Donor Assistance in Security Sector Reform in Africa: A Recipients’ Perspective”
•2004 Scholar-in-Residence Research Grant in African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. 2004 Ford Foundation, USA Special Initiative on Africa, Research Grant to write a book on “Exile and the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Nigeria.”
•2004 Institute of International Education, New York, USA, Fellowship Grant to study “Regionalism in a Global Context – ECOWAS and the Challenge of Change.”
•2004 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “ Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-Conflict States: Case Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy to write a research report on “Mainstreaming Conflict in Development Assistance in Nigeria.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK) Research Consultancy on “Demanding Change Initiative.”
• 2003 Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Research Consultancy Grant to survey the “Security Sector in Africa.”
•2003 Berghof Foundation for Conflict Resolution, Research Consultancy on “The Peace Process in SriLanka.”
•2003 Department for International Development,(DFID- UK), Research Consultancy to study “Post-
•1999 Developments in the Nigerian Military” for the Drivers of Change Initiative.
•2002 International Development and Research Council (IDRC) Canada, Research Grant to study “Security Sector Governance in Africa”
•2002 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Democratization, Poverty and Security in Ghana”.
•2000 Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh’s School of Foreign Service’s Global Leadership Fellowship
•?2000 Ford Foundation, USA Research Consultancy on “Public Participation in Constitution-Making in Zimbabwe.
•1999 Global Coalition for Africa (World Bank) Research Grant on “Demilitarization and Security in Africa”.
•1999/2000 Department for International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Nigeria Country Strategy”
•1991 John D & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Grant, King’s College London

Advisory Services

•January 2004: Adviser to the Economic Commission for Africa on “Mutual Accountability between OECD and Page 9 of 11 African States”.
•June 2003: Adviser, Defense Review Process, Government of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
•October 2003 – present: Member, Management Culture Change Committee and Adviser to the Executive Secretary, ECOWAS Secretariat, Abuja, NIGERIA
•June 2003 : Adviser & External Reviewer on the African Governance Report, Directorate on Policy Management and Development (DPMD), Economic Commission on Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
•April 2003 – June 2003: Adviser, National Security Review Process, Government of Rwanda & DFID-UK
•October 1999 – April 2002: Technical consultant and Special Adviser to the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission in Nigeria: Investigation of comparative experience of transitional justice regimes; mobilization of resources, commissioning and management of zonal studies on human rights violations; commissioning and management of technical advisers to the final report.
•Team Leader, International IDEA’s Study on Democracy in Nigeria. Coordinated aspect of study on ‘Democracy, International Assistance and Nigeria’s Civil Society.’ Led a team of two researchers – (Alison Van Rooy & Antonia Simbine) to produce the first post-military assessment of Nigeria’s civil society and a critique of donor assistance programs. January – March 2000
•Team Leader, Ford Foundation Project on Evaluating Zimbabwe’s Constitution-Making Process, 2000-2001; process monitoring and evaluation, training and capacity building for Commissioners; observation of the referendum, September 2000-March 2001.
•Team Leader, DFID Governance Study on Ghana. Led team of three researchers to conduct background research subsequently fed into the Country Assistance Plan for Ghana. August – November 2002
•Technical Expert to the ECOWAS Secretariat on the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Small Arms Moratorium, December 2002
•Team member, OECD-DAC Survey of the Security Sector in Africa, August 2002 – April 2003
•Specialist Consultant to the UNDP Human Development Report Office on the Human Development Report 2003 on ‘Democracy & Poverty in Nigeria’, December 2002 – January 2003.
•Technical Expert to the NEPAD Secretariat on developing the Peer Review Mechanism, October 2002
•Technical Expert to the African Union on Peace and Security Issues; worked with secretariat’s staff in producing the draft Peace and Security Council framework for discussion at the inaugural African Union’s summit in Durban, July 2002.
•Team Member, Expert Review of the Sri-Lankan Peace Process for the Berghof Foundation, Sri-Lanka & Germany, September 2003.
•Lead Writer, Section on The Military – DFID Nigeria Drivers of Change study, 2003

Trend Setting
He became the first governor in this present political dispensation in Nigeria to openly declare his Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira assets, which included those of his wife, Bisi Adeyele-Fayemi

Occupation
Politician

Organizations and Associations
All Progressive Congress (APC)
Member, Africa Policy Advisory Panel of the British Government
African Studies Association, USA African Security Sector
Network African Association of Political Science Association of
Third World Studies British International Studies Association
Royal African Society/African Studies Association, UK Royal
Institute of International Affairs, UK International Institute of
Strategic Studies, UK War Studies Society, UK Nigerian Political
Science Association Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa